GOP Grapples with Prospect of Trump as Nominee

“When it comes to Donald Trump, two strands of thought appear to be strengthening simultaneously in different camps of the Republican Party: He can’t possibly end up as the presidential nominee, and it looks increasingly likely that he may do just that,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“On the first front, a series of prominent GOP pundits and strategists in recent days have issued barbed denunciations of the real-estate mogul… At the same time, if you trust the polls, Mr. Trump is gaining strength in the early states, and lags behind only in Iowa, where voters are set to kick things off in all of 11 days.”

Huffington Post: “The reason that Republican leaders are moving toward Trump has nothing to do with him. They viscerally, unashamedly loathe Cruz.”